Hasp-fastener.



L. H. ELLIOTT.

HASP FASTENER.

APPLNIATION FILED MAY 4, 1915.

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LAFAYETTE H. ELLIOTT, OF WAVERLY, WEST VIRGINIA.

HASP-FASTENEP.

Application filed May 4, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAFAYETTE H. ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waverly, in the county of lVood and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hasp-Fasteners, of which the following is a specificatlon.

The present invention relates to improvements in securing means for doors, gates and such like hinged members which are hable to sagging from their hinges, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a hinged hasp and staple for the hasp connected respectively to the lunged member and to the abutment for the said lunged member and being so arranged as to be readily adjustable one longitudinally and theother transversely so that the hasp may readily engage with the staple irrespective of the sagging of the hinged member.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which shall embody the desirable features of simplicity in construction, cheapness in manufacture and thorough efliciency in practice.

With the abbve and other objects in View, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view illustrating the improvement applied, Fig. 2 1s a sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. l is a transverse sectional view a prox mately on the line 4.1 of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 1s a sectional view approximately on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1, Fig. 6 is a detail perspective 'view of the staple member, and Fig. 7 is a similar view of the hasp member.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates a hinged closure, the same, in the present instance, being in the nature of a barn door or the like, and 2 designates the abutment member with which the member 1 contacts when the same is in its closing position. Arranged upon the member 1 is a hasp, generally designated by the numeral 3. The hasp includes what I will term a body member 4 which has one of its ends provided with an angular flange 5, and hinged to its opposite and outer end is the tongue or swinging member of the hasp, indicated by the numeral 6. The body 4, adjacent its end provided with the flange 5 1s Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 32, 1915.

Serial No. 25,766.

* formed upon its opposite edges with laterally extending fingers 7, and the said hasp is adapted to rest upon a securing plate 8. The plate 8 is provided with openings through which pass the securing elements that hold the same to the closure or door 1, and the said plate 8 has its opposite longitudinal edges provided with angular flanges 9, between which the body 1, and if neces sary, the swinging member or tongue 6 is received. The flanges 9 are provided at their juncture with the plate proper with longitudinally extending slots 10, and through these slots the fingers 7 of the body are extended. The slots, it will thus be noted provide guides for the said fingers, but in addition to the said guiding means the flanges 9, at the outer end of the plate 8 are connected by a suitable pin 11, and the said pin lies against the outer face of the body t. The rear end of the plate 8 is provided with a right angular flange 12, and this flange as well as the flange 5 of the body have registering openings through which is passed a headed threaded member 13. The member 13 is preferably secured to the flange 12 of the securing plate in any desired or preferred manner, a nut 14 engaging the threads of the member 13 and contacting with the inner face of the flange 12 being illustrated in the drawings as a satisfactory means for securing the said member 13 to the said flange 12. The threaded shank of the member 13 is provided with additional adjusting and binding nuts 15 and 16 respec tively, the nut 15 being disposed upon the said member 13 to one side of the flange 5 and the nut 16 being screwed upon the said member 13 to the opposite side of said flange 5. By such an arrangement it will be noted that the nuts 15 and 16 may be adjusted upon the member 13 to permit of a longitudinal movement of the body 4: of the hasp by readjusting the nuts to bring the same into engagement with the opposite sides of the flange 5, the said hasp will be retained in its said longitudinally adjusted position.

The staple, secured upon the abutment 2 and adapted to be engaged by the swinging member or tongue 6 of the hasp, is broadly designated by the numeral 17. The member 17 includes a staple proper, indicated by the numeral 18, and a body member 19. The body is preferably in the form of a rectangular plate and has its opposite ends, disposed each a suitable distance away from the opposite sides of the staple, outturned to provide angular flanges 20 and 21 respectively.

The numeral 22 designates a plate upon which the body 19 rests. This plate is of a greaterlength than that of thebody and is provided with suitable openings for the reception of securing elements, whereby the staple member 17 may be secured upon the member 2.

It is to be understood that the member 17 is arranged at a right angle with respect to the longitudinal plane of the hasp memher 8, and also that the swinging member or tongue 6 of the said hasp is provided with an elongated slot 23 to engage with the staple 18. The plate 22 has its opposite edges, at suitable spaced intervals provided with outturned angular members 2d-2t arranged in pairs and through each pair is passed a. pin 25, each of the said pairs bearing upon the body 19 to the opposite sides of the staple 18. One end of the plate 22 is formed with an angular outturned member 26, the same being provided with an opening which registers with a similar opening in the flange 20 of the body 19, and passing through the alining openings is a headed threaded member 27, the member 24 being secured upon the angular flange 26 in any desired or preferred manner, a nut 28 being screwed upon the said member and contacted with the inner face of the flange being illustrated in the drawings for such a purpose. Nuts 29 and 30 are screwed upon the threaded shank of the member 27, and one of these nuts, 29, is disposed to one of the sides of the flange 20, while the second nut 30 is disposed to the opposite side of said flange. By this arrangement it will be noted that the body member may be adjusted vertically, so that the slot 23 in the tongue 6 may be readily passed over the staple 18 irrespectiveof the sagging or other movement of the door or of the abutment member.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A hasp and a staple therefor, eachinclud ing a body, a plate upon which the body rests, transverse pins connected with the plate and overlying the body, the said body having one of its ends formed with an angular flange, the plate being provided with a longitudinally arranged threaded member passing through an opening in the said flange, and nuts upon said threaded member disposed to the opposite sides of the said flange.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in-presence of two witnesses.

LAFAYETTE H. ELLIOTT. Witnesses:

H. 'D. GARRISON, H. C. SWEENY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five. cents-each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

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